What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35715 and 35730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35715 and 35730 is 15.

GCF(35715,35730) = 15

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35715 and 35730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35715 and 35730.

How to find the GCF of 35715 and 35730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35715 and 35730. After we will calculate the factors of 35715 and 35730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35715

Prime factors of 35715 are 3, 5, 2381. Prime factorization of 35715 in exponential form is:

35715 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2381¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35730

Prime factors of 35730 are 2, 3, 5, 397. Prime factorization of 35730 in exponential form is:

35730 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 35715

List of positive integer factors of 35715 that divides 35715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2381, 7143, 11905

Step-4: Factors of 35730

List of positive integer factors of 35730 that divides 35715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 397, 794, 1191, 1985, 2382, 3573, 3970, 5955, 7146, 11910, 17865

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35715 and 35730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35715 and 35730 is 15.

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